Overview

• The governor of Colorado signed four new bills into law increasing gun restrictions in the state following a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub.
• The laws raise the minimum age to purchase firearms to 21, establish a waiting period for gun sales, expand the state's red flag law, and take other actions aimed at curbing gun violence.
• The bills were sponsored by a state senator whose son was killed in a past mass shooting in Colorado.
• Gun rights groups have already filed lawsuits challenging the new laws.
• Other states have also recently passed new gun control legislation in the aftermath of mass shootings.